Relationship between African Admixture and Blood Pressure Variation in the Caribbean
作者:
Janis Hutchinson,
期刊:
Human Heredity
(Karger Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 36,
issue 1
页码: 12-18
ISSN:0001-5652
年代: 1986
DOI:10.1159/000153593
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Admixture;Blood pressure;Hypertension
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
The genetic contribution to blood pressure variance is examined by studying a selected group of genes. Of 368 individuals, 48.1% received one-half or more of their genes from an African ancestor and of this group 18.1 and 17.0% exhibit systolic and diastolic hypertension, respectively. A chi-square test was used to examine the dependence of blood pressure on percentage African ancestry. The chi-square values were not significant for systolic or diastolic pressures. It is likely that other factors are strongly related to African admixture and these factors are the true modifiers of blood pressure.
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